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[Vicki]

Bette Book Babble wrote: "Rare historical photos from b&w to color. A friend sent me this and I thought ARs might find it interesting. You can speed up the time content, if you want to view a photo and move onto the next ..."

I was sent this by a friend, too. We must have like-minded friends. :)

It's great that these old photos have weathered the years intact.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks everyone! I don't really mind the rain as we are on holidays;) If it'll help you Kathryn that's good! We desperately need rain at home too!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jaye Ford posted this on Facebook and I have just seen it - it's of the release/launch of Wendy James new release The Lost Girls where I was in attendance:

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/216...

See if you can pick me out of the crowd?? ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

From our balcony window with the high rises of Surfers Paradise in the distance:)



The beautiful beach was full of people having fun on a Sunday when we arrived!



Last night with the light of Surfers in the distance:)

[Sharon]

Lovely photos Brenda :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Sharon:)

[Carolyn]

That's gorgeous Brenda.You'll be doing a bit of reading on that beach I expect! Have a lovely relaxing week :)

[Elaine]

Brenda wrote: "From our balcony window with the high rises of Surfers Paradise in the distance:)





The beautiful beach was full of people having fun on a Sunday when we arrived!





Last night with the li..."

Lovely photos Brenda. Enjoy your holiday. I love holidaying in Queensland. It's one of our favourite destinations. Even when the weather isn't too great.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carolyn wrote: "That's gorgeous Brenda.You'll be doing a bit of reading on that beach I expect! Have a lovely relaxing week :)"

Thanks Carolyn...I certainly will!

[Kathryn]

Brenda wrote: "From our balcony window with the high rises of Surfers Paradise in the distance:)"

Much the nicest way to see Surfers' - from a distance!!

[Leonie]

Brenda wrote: "From our balcony window with the high rises of Surfers Paradise in the distance:)





The beautiful beach was full of people having fun on a Sunday when we arrived!





Last night with the li..."

Looking delightful, Brenda!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "From our balcony window with the high rises of Surfers Paradise in the distance:)"

Much the nicest way to see Surfers' - from a distance!!"

Yes Surfers is an incredibly busy place isn't it!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Leonie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "From our balcony window with the high rises of Surfers Paradise in the distance:)

The beautiful beach was full of people having fun on a Sunday when we arrived!

Last ni..."

Thanks Leonie:)

[B the BookAddict]

Brenda wrote: "Jaye Ford posted this on Facebook and I have just seen it - it's of the release/launch of Wendy James new release The Lost Girls where I was in atte..."

In the flowered top!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Bette Book Babble wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Jaye Ford posted this on Facebook and I have just seen it - it's of the release/launch of Wendy James new release The Lost Girls wher..."

Well done Bette;)

[Leonie]

Tried out the new Hunter Expressway today! Muswellbrook to Charlestown Square in 1 hour 30 minutes - amazing :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Leonie wrote: "Tried out the new Hunter Expressway today! Muswellbrook to Charlestown Square in 1 hour 30 minutes - amazing :)"

Wow! That is totally brilliant Leonie! Such a time saver. We are going to try it out after we arrive home - it opened the day we left.

[Leonie]

Brenda wrote: "Leonie wrote: "Tried out the new Hunter Expressway today! Muswellbrook to Charlestown Square in 1 hour 30 minutes - amazing :)"

Wow! That is totally brilliant Leonie! Such a time saver. We are goi..."

Branxton to the end of the expressway was just twenty minutes! No more Maitland roundabouts, no more school zones, and 110km the whole time. It was fantastic. We topped the trip off with The Monuments Men and some Max Brenner :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oooh Max Brenner!!! lol What a day;) I have a friend in my "real" bookclub who works in Singleton and when she gets to bookclub she is so stressed from the bumper to bumper traffic. She was so looking forward to the expressway opening...she'll be happy!

[Leonie]

Brenda wrote: "Oooh Max Brenner!!! lol What a day;) I have a friend in my "real" bookclub who works in Singleton and when she gets to bookclub she is so stressed from the bumper to bumper traffic. She was so look..."

I'd say she'll be ecstatic! Previously, with bad traffic, it's taken us three hours in either direction.

Today we left in peak hour and it still only took us just over an hour and a half home. The slowest portion was Charlestown to the Link road, so we'll have to experiment to figure out which way is the best to go to get there.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow that's half the time! It's certainly a project which is well worth while!

[B the BookAddict]

[Carolyn]

This caused some amusement yesterday in Sydney when two water buffalo escaped from the filming of a Samsung commercial and ran all the way down King St, Newtown until they were spotted by some firemen near Sydney University and recaptured. For those who don't know Sydney, King St is in the heart of the cafe/restaurant strip in the inner west and usually very busy. Luckily they escaped unhurt and didn't cause any damage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFxm9_...

[Carolyn]

Bette Book Babble wrote: "

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LOL!!! Love it!

[B the BookAddict]

Carolyn wrote: "This caused some amusement yesterday in Sydney when two water buffalo escaped from the filming of a Samsung commercial and ran all the way down King St, Newtown until they were spotted by some fire..."

I've seen some sights down King St Newton but never, ever water buffalo!

[Vicki]

Bette Book Babble wrote: " "

Funny! :D

[Vicki]

I thought Sydney was supposed to have kangaroos hopping down the main streets, not buffalos on the run. ;P

[B the BookAddict]

Vicki wrote: "I thought Sydney was supposed to have kangaroos hopping down the main streets, not buffalos on the run. ;P"

As Victorians Vicki, we know that Sydney is a bit different.

[Vicki]

Bette Book Babble wrote: "As Victorians Vicki, we know that Sydney is a bit different."

LOL! :D

[Carolyn]

Bette Book Babble wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "This caused some amusement yesterday in Sydney when two water buffalo escaped from the filming of a Samsung commercial and ran all the way down King St, Newtown until they were spot..."

The fire truck was stopped at the lights when they spotted the buffalo crossing the road - must have been so weird!

[Dale]

The mind boggles!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

We have a complete power black-out on the Gold Coast right now! From here (Coolangatta) right through to Surfers, all power gone! I can't find any info about it, but hope it doesn't last too long...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It went off about 7.50pm - not long ago as it's 8.15 now...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! That's right! I'm using the phone on my torch to read, and the laptop screen until the battery dies! lol

[Kathryn]

Brenda wrote: "We have a complete power black-out on the Gold Coast right now! From here (Coolangatta) right through to Surfers, all power gone! I can't find any info about it, but hope it doesn't last too long..."

Wonder what's caused that? Surely not too much rain(!), even though it hasn't stopped all day here in Brisbane - not such nice weather for your holiday this week... Good thing you can still read when it's raining! And it's great for all the gardens and green (or more accurately, brown, of late) spaces - it's nice, steady, soaking rain - just what we needed.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "That's very resourceful Brenda. Huzzah for technology. :)"

Yes, until all battery fails;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "We have a complete power black-out on the Gold Coast right now! From here (Coolangatta) right through to Surfers, all power gone! I can't find any info about it, but hope it doesn't ..."

I wondered if you'd be around Kathryn, and wondered if it's affected Brisbane as well...obviously not. I have no idea as it just went off - no storm or anything, just driving rain!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

As long as it's gone by Saturday morning when we leave!

I'm going to log off to save battery for awhile...chat soon:)

[Kathryn]

Michael wrote: "Yeah i seen Queensland has been having alot flooding. Just as long as it doesn't go down my way i will be happy, even though i seen we are mean't to have a fair bit of rain coming up. :/"

Oh, I haven't seen the news, Michael, so I hadn't realised there was flooding, but that's surprised me a little because while there have been some heavy periods of rain, it's mostly just felt like a gentle but constant stream that I wouldn't have thought would have caused much flooding, except in the areas that tend to go under whenever there's two drops of rain...

And no, I was at Chermside earlier and no power issues around that area (I'm further north of Chermside and no issues anywhere between, either)... Hope your batteries last until you feel sleepy, Brenda, or until the power comes back on!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yayay! Power is back on! Only off for just under an hour:D

Yes Kathryn, flash flooding in a number of places... They have predicted the worst of this rain event will be overnight tonight and tomorrow, with it easing tomorrow night - as I said, I don't want any rain when we leave on Saturday!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I have a HTC Michael;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "There great phones. Yours is a Windows one isn't it?"

Yes it's a Windows HTC..I've been very happy with it too:)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

I've got a Lumia 920 myself. Bit bigger than the HTCs, Windows Phone too though.

[B the BookAddict]

HTC here. My niece has a Smart Phone and it has a much better camera than the HTC.

[Dale]

To change the subject of storms and phones a bit, can any one remind me how to delete books from my TBR? I thought it would be a matter of clicking on edit but apparently not. Thanks.

[Kathryn]

Dale wrote: "To change the subject of storms and phones a bit, can any one remind me how to delete books from my TBR? I thought it would be a matter of clicking on edit but apparently not. Thanks."

Go to your "My Books" tab up the top, Dale, find the book you want to remove on your list and click the cross on the far right-hand side of the row. Does that make sense/help?

[Dale]

I must be dumb Kathryn. When I click on the book and then the cross or vice versa, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

[Kathryn]

Dale wrote: "I must be dumb Kathryn. When I click on the book and then the cross or vice versa, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?"

Oh, I don't think so, Dale (that you're dumb, I mean!!) - I'm not sure why it isn't working… Unless…don't click on the book - so when you have your list of books in front of you, try just clicking the cross at the right. When I do that, it asks if I'm sure I want to remove the book from my shelf…

[Kathryn]

Dale wrote: "I must be dumb Kathryn. When I click on the book and then the cross or vice versa, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?"

Or, the other option is click to edit review, and just outside the review box at the bottom (further below the "Save" button) are 2 options - one is "remove from my books", so you could try that instead.

[Dale]

It doesn't come up with a list, just the covers of each book. It doesn't bring up anything that asks if I want to remove the book, yet I know I have done it before. Just can't remember how. Ho hum. Me and computers are never going to get along.